Reviews for F-777 - "Life"

[Oakwood]

Aww yeah, electro!

It has been a while since I actually listened to a song with such electro elements here ong NG, glad I can hear it again.
Ok so, that bassline is pure sex. However, I think that it needs a bit more chorus. Right now it sounds like on big fat layer, but I think that if you added some more chorus, it would sound a bit fuller. But then again, this might take away the bassline's power, and we don't want that because it's AWESOME!
Also, the highpass at 0:57, I think you went a little too far there. I know that really helps to get a great impact (I use it a lot as well), but now I have the feeling it's a bit too highpassed. I mean, you can barely hear anything at that point xD
Last thingy, the break lasts a bit too long IMO.

Apart from the above this song feels like two angles having sex against my eardrums. :)

5/5, 9/10, faved, downloaded

- LiquidOoze

[Bristlestorm]

Lush

Great effects and love all the layers! You make good stuff. Just a couple of suggestions for this one would be to have a little bit more interesting (or unusual) main chord progression, not just using F-G-A throughout. But I also think it might have been more satisfying to hear a background pad/synth/bass going in the blank spaces toward the end (at 3:45) to really build the drama and excitement so the crowd can really go insane at the end. Keep it up!

[lemon42]

Awesome.

Wow. Just wow.
I've been amazed by everything. The lead. The chords. Everything.
You made my day. Thanks.
Like coocooletmoi said, this song tries to keep you interested and it does that very nicely. I've listening it for a while and now I just can't stop! It's addictive, highly addictive! This song is just unbelievable. This would be epicness in a can. Whenever you open that can the epicness goes through your ears and you can hear this. A masterpiece, really. Just one thing to say: was repetitive, but yet this song is so amazing I hardly noticed.

- lemon42

[Sequenced]

Woah...

You have been getting a lot of fanboys recently.

All I got to say is - stop EQing your stuff way damn high, and lower the sidechain compression shizzle. Just too much compression... lol

Keep at it, F.

F-777 responds:

Hey! Wasn't trying to EQ my stuff high =).
Agreed i went overboard on the sidechain XD.

Thanks for the awesome review!!

[m1kclark]

Unfortunate coincidence

The musical content is very nice, a good sample of the genre and of your talent for combining sounds, and I like other works of yours for this reason. But it suffers as a result of a random coincidence.

There's another song "Frost" on NG (http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/list en/385985) that uses many of the same instruments and even some of the same melodic motifs and general structure choices. I've been listening to "Frost" for a year or two now, so it's really familiar to me. The similarities to "Frost" cheapen your new song in my ears. It's unfair, actually, because if the order had been reversed and I heard "Life" before "Frost", I'd feel like the other guy's song was cheapened for being to similar to your work.

The take-home message is this: it's a great composition, but you might want to get experimental with new instruments, sound fonts, and filters. With all the users on NG submitting music, it's hard to remain unique when several people are using the same exact toolboxes.

F-777 responds:

Thanks for the review!! I listened to the song and havn't found a single
same sound XD. The chord progression is the same but its used in
a million songs. Actually i can name 20 off the top of my head hehe.

I do appreciate the note though =).

Thanks again for the review!